Amaya is a name with more than one homeland. In Basque, it names a historic mountain peak in Navarre; in Japanese, the characters can be read as "night rain"; in Arabic, it nods to the noble and the highborn. The convergence has made Amaya feel warmly global, beloved across a surprising range of communities. It entered the U.S. top 1000 in the late 1990s and now sits in the top 170s. Three soft syllables, a long middle a, a gentle trailing vowel. Amaya is lyrical without being fragile, a name that travels well in any language.
Popularity
1880 to today
US SSA data. Lower rank number means more popular. A flat line at the top of the chart means the name did not rank in the top 1000.
Nicknames
No common nicknames.
Middle name ideas
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Sibling name ideas
- Olive
- Arya
- Rosalie
- Piper
- Lilah
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- Olive
- Arya
- Rosalie
- Piper
- Lilah
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